Colonel John Broadbent was a British army officer and Conservative politician.
Occupation
politician
Position held
member of the 36th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 35th Parliament of the United Kingdom
Citizenship
United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Born
September 4, 1872
Died
June 9, 1938
Overview
Colonel John Broadbent (4 September 1872 – 9 June 1938) was a British army officer and Conservative politician.
Broadbent was educated at Stamford Academy, Ashton-under-Lyne. In 1895 he received a commission in the 3rd Volunteer Battalion of the Manchester Regiment. Broadbent served as part of the detachment the battalion sent to serve with the regular army during the Second Boer War.
When the Territorial Force was created in 1908, the 3rd VB of the Manchesters became the 9th Battalion (TF). Broadbent, by this time holding the rank of major, transferred to the new force. He resigned his commission in 1912, but rejoined the battalion in 1914 on the outbreak of the First World War. He went on to be promoted to lieutenant-colonel and command the battalion.
After the war he became involved in politics, becoming the president of the Ashton Conservative Association. At the 1929 general election, he was the party's candidate in Ashton-under-Lyne, but lost by a margin of over 3,000 votes to the sitting Labour MP, Albert Bellamy.
